Improvement in seed-planters



y UNITED STATES JAMES E. LEE, 0E oAMANoH`E,1owA.

IMPROVEMENT IN SEED-PLANTERS.`

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 26,439, dated December 13, 1859.

To altfwhom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES H. LEE, of Canianche, in the county ot' Clinton and State of Iowa, have invented a new and Improved Seeding-Machine; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this speci- Ication, in which- Figure 1 is a side sectional view of my in- \ention, taken in the line x, Fig. 3; Fig.2, a longitudinal vertical section ot' the seed-box, taken in the line fyrj, Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a plan or top view ofthe same. Y

Similar letters ot' reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct myinvention, I will proceed to describe it.

A represents a rectangular frame the front part of which is supported by two wheels, B B, placed loosely on theirl axle a', which constitutes the front cross-piece of the frame, the

back part of the frame being supported by two wheels, C (J, which are secured to an axle, D, which is tted loosely inthe back part of the frame A, so that it may slide longitudinally therein, as indicated by the arrows 1, Fig. 3.

To the axle D, at` about its center, radial pins b are attached, said pins being placed in two circumferential rows at such a distance apart as to admit the back end of a lever, E, between them, which end is pointed or of V form, as shown clearly in Fig. The pins b of one row are placed in line with the spaces between the pins of the other row, as shown clearly in Fig. 3.

To the axle D two bars, c c, are attached at right angles. These bars c c are at the outer sides of the wheels C C, and their front ends are attached to a bar, F, which, like the axle D, is allowed to slide longitudinally in the frame A. The bars c c are connected by a traversebar, d, and said bar, in connection with the bars c c, axle D, and bar F, forms a frame which has a lateral movement in the frame A on account of the longitudinal movement of the axle D and bar F.

On the front part of the bars c c a seed-box, G, is placed transversely. This seed-box has a series of tubes, e, attached to its bottom, di-

rectly over which a slide, H, is placed, said slide bein g perforated, and covered by a plate, f, which is also perforated, and has projections g at its under side', said projections fitting in the perforations of the slide H, as shown clearly in Fig. 2. In the seed-box G, directly over the slide H, aperforated plate, I, is placed. To the slide H the inner end of lever E is connected. i

To the front side of the bar F a cord, J, is attached. This cord is wound around the lower end of a vertical shaft, K, in the frame A, the shaft K extending upward in front of the drivers seat L, which is also attached to frame A.

To the front bar, a, ot' the frameA a board, Y

M, is attached obliquely, said board extending to the right of the machine and just in frontofthe right wheel, B, as shown plainly in Fig.`3.

To the traverse-bar d a series of coveringshares, h, are attached. These shares may be of the usual or any proper form.

To the bar F furrow-shares t are attached. To the back side of the seed-box G a lever, N, is attached. The lower end of this lever is attached to a rod,j, to each end ot' which a valve, k, is connected, said valves working over the lower ends ofthe tubes e' at each end of the seed-box G, by operating the lever N, which, when necessary, is done by a separate attendant on a seat, O, adjoining seat L. The lever N is only operated when plantingeorn iu hills, and when used two partitions, a* a", are placed in the seed-box Gr to form separate seed-boxes for the end tubes, e, as shown clearly in Fig. 1. n

The operation is as follows: In drilling in seed-such as wheat, rye, &c.the seed-box G is supplied with a requisite quantity of seed, and as the machine is drawn alonga recipro eating movement is communicated to the slide H by the lever E, which is vibrated by thepins b as the axle Drotates, the slide H distribntin g the seed as usual, the quantity to be planted on a given area being regulated by adjusting the plate f, which may be secured at any point withinA the scope ot' its movement by a pin, l. (See Fig. 2.)'

' In planting corn the lever E may be thrown out of gear with the pins b, the corn placed in the small .boxes formed by the partitions a* a", and the lever N operated by the attendant on seat O, the lever being so operated as to open the valves la at the proper time.

In order to insure the proper distribution of the seed at each b0ut, the independent adjusting movement is given the seed-box G, said movement being effected by the driver in turning the shaft K. By this means the seed may be evenly sown, as all irregularities in the Width of the bouts may be readily compensated for. A

In turning the machine the driver steps for- Ward on the board M, and thereby tilts the machine by his weight, so that the shares and back wheels Will rise out of the ground and permit the machine to turnv very readily.

f JAMES Il. LEE.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM STARK, JAMES JONES. 

